When you discuss trios that are currently in the NBA, you can't leave out the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics.

Miami is led by superstars and 20-somethings LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. And Boston features veterans Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, although point guard Rajon Rondo really makes it the "Fantastic Four" instead of the "Big Three."

This slideshow will cover not only the league's best trios of the present, but the greatest of all time.

In order to make this list, the trio has to have led their respective team to at least one playoff appearance.

And in addition, it's all about three stars, instead of two superstars and a role player.

With that said, don't look for the Los Angeles Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher to make an appearance on the same slide.

50. Derrick Coleman, Drazen Petrovic and Kenny Anderson

Coleman, Petrovic and Anderson led the New Jersey Nets to a playoff appearance in 1993.

Coleman was a solid inside-outside scorer who could give you 20 points and 10 rebounds every night, Petrovic is one of the greatest European ballers to ever touch an NBA court and Anderson, a New York City legend, was an All-Star floor general.

The tragic death of Petrovic in the '93 offseason broke up the talented Jersey trio.

41. Glenn Robinson, Ray Allen and Sam Cassell

In 2001, the Robinson-Allen-Cassell trio steered the Milwaukee Bucks to the team's first Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 15 years.

Robinson was a dangerous scorer, Allen was an athletic guard who could fill it up from downtown, and Cassell was proving to the league that he should have been drafted much higher than the end of the first round.

26. Charles Barkley, Kevin Johnson and Dan Majerle

No Phoenix Suns player made more headlines than Barkley during his stay in Arizona, but fellow All-Stars Johnson and "Thunder Dan" Majerle also did their part in pushing the team to the NBA Finals in 1993.

Barkley was the Suns' MVP, KJ was the point guard with the lightning-quick first step and Majerle was money from behind the three-point arc.

17. Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West and Elgin Baylor

Chamberlain, West and Baylor are perhaps the greatest NBA trio to never win it all.

Chamberlain is considered by many to be the most dominant big man ever, West is possibly the best shooting guard not named Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant, and Baylor is one of the most underrated players in sports history.

West and Chamberlain went on to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a title in 1972 with Baylor out of the picture.

10. Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili

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The San Antonio Spurs captured three NBA titles in the 2000s mostly because of the Duncan-Parker-Ginobili trio.

Most people believe Duncan is the greatest power forward of all time, Parker is considered to be one of the NBA's best European players ever, and Ginobili brings a lot to the table, whether he's starting or coming off bench.